Remove indefinite article from description

The changes were made with the following shell command: for formula in $(grep -l 'desc "[Aa]n\?\s' Library/Formula/*.rb); do echo $formula vim -c '/desc "/s/[Aa]n\? //|normal f"gU2lZZ' $formula done Closes Homebrew/homebrew#42333. Signed-off-by: Xu Cheng <xucheng@me.com>
2015-08-01 11:35:45 +02:00 · 2015-08-01 11:35:45 +02:00 · de6a2cc613
commit de6a2cc613
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--- a/Formula/ack.rb
+++ b/Formula/ack.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ack < Formula
-  desc "A search tool like grep, but optimized for programmers"
+  desc "Search tool like grep, but optimized for programmers"
  homepage "http://beyondgrep.com/"
  url "http://beyondgrep.com/ack-2.14-single-file"
  sha256 "1d203cfbc52ce8f49e3992be1cd3e4d7d5dfb7daa3739e8628aa9858ccc5b9df"
--- a/Formula/antigen.rb
+++ b/Formula/antigen.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Antigen < Formula
-  desc "A plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle."
+  desc "Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle."
  homepage "http://antigen.sharats.me/"
  url "https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen/archive/v1.tar.gz"
  sha256 "6d4bd7b5d7bc3e36a23ac8feb93073b06e1e09b9100eb898f66c2e8c3f4d7847"
--- a/Formula/autoconf-archive.rb
+++ b/Formula/autoconf-archive.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class AutoconfArchive < Formula
-  desc "A collection of over 500 reusable autoconf macros"
+  desc "Collection of over 500 reusable autoconf macros"
  homepage "https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/autoconf-archive/"
  url "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf-archive/autoconf-archive-2015.02.24.tar.xz"
  mirror "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/autoconf-archive-2015.02.24.tar.xz"
--- a/Formula/bash-git-prompt.rb
+++ b/Formula/bash-git-prompt.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class BashGitPrompt < Formula
-  desc "An informative, fancy bash prompt for Git users"
+  desc "Informative, fancy bash prompt for Git users"
  homepage "https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt"
  url "https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt/archive/2.3.5.tar.gz"
  sha1 "16e1a9ab0ac711de79fd3b823138c16fadb3d5de"
--- a/Formula/bats.rb
+++ b/Formula/bats.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Bats < Formula
-  desc "A TAP-compliant test framework for Bash scripts"
+  desc "TAP-compliant test framework for Bash scripts"
  homepage "https://github.com/sstephenson/bats"
  url "https://github.com/sstephenson/bats/archive/v0.4.0.tar.gz"
  sha1 "cb8a5f4c844a5f052f915036130def31140fce94"
--- a/Formula/bltool.rb
+++ b/Formula/bltool.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Bltool < Formula
-  desc "A tool for command-line interaction with backloggery.com"
+  desc "Tool for command-line interaction with backloggery.com"
  homepage "https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool"
  url "https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool/releases/download/v0.2.1/bltool-0.2.1.zip"
  sha256 "dceb5812058699b726bcd43a87c703eba39527959f712ef262919e0e14d6608e"
--- a/Formula/calabash.rb
+++ b/Formula/calabash.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Calabash < Formula
-  desc "An XProc (XML Pipeline Language) implementation"
+  desc "XProc (XML Pipeline Language) implementation"
  homepage "http://xmlcalabash.com"
  url "https://github.com/ndw/xmlcalabash1/releases/download/1.1.4-96/xmlcalabash-1.1.4-96.zip"
  sha256 "a68b729c1cf392433534c207e9fe1002deca42282ed409ed93fbeb0e13b7583c"
--- a/Formula/ccextractor.rb
+++ b/Formula/ccextractor.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ccextractor < Formula
-  desc "A free, GPL licensed closed caption tool"
+  desc "Free, GPL licensed closed caption tool"
  homepage "http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ccextractor/ccextractor/0.75/ccextractor.src.0.75.zip"
  sha1 "c36f8eadb2074d88782d6628e07c762e80e4c31c"
--- a/Formula/clasp.rb
+++ b/Formula/clasp.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class Clasp < Formula
-  desc "An answer set solver for (extended) normal logic programs"
+  desc "Answer set solver for (extended) normal logic programs"
  homepage "http://potassco.sourceforge.net/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/potassco/clasp/3.1.2/clasp-3.1.2-source.tar.gz"
  sha256 "77d5b8fc9617436f7ba37f3c80ad2ce963dfefb7ddaf8ae14d5a4f40a30cc9d3"
--- a/Formula/css-crush.rb
+++ b/Formula/css-crush.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class CssCrush < Formula
-  desc "An extensible PHP based CSS preprocessor"
+  desc "Extensible PHP based CSS preprocessor"
  homepage "http://the-echoplex.net/csscrush"
  url "https://github.com/peteboere/css-crush/archive/v2.3.0.tar.gz"
  sha1 "1141311ad12e4472d5ec2fddcefec42d98655725"
--- a/Formula/cunit.rb
+++ b/Formula/cunit.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Cunit < Formula
-  desc "A lightweight unit testing framework for C"
+  desc "Lightweight unit testing framework for C"
  homepage "http://cunit.sourceforge.net/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cunit/CUnit/2.1-3/CUnit-2.1-3.tar.bz2"
  sha1 "eac0c71167aa3fab83483ae1313b78163f0f7238"
--- a/Formula/curlish.rb
+++ b/Formula/curlish.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Curlish < Formula
-  desc "A curl wrapper that adds support for OAuth 2.0"
+  desc "Curl wrapper that adds support for OAuth 2.0"
  homepage "https://pythonhosted.org/curlish/"
  url "https://github.com/fireteam/curlish/archive/1.22.tar.gz"
  sha256 "6fdd406e6614b03b16be15b7b51568a7a041d2fb631be4e8caa223c0c3a28f00"
--- a/Formula/cutter.rb
+++ b/Formula/cutter.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Cutter < Formula
-  desc "a Unit Testing Framework for C and C++"
+  desc "Unit Testing Framework for C and C++"
  homepage "http://cutter.sourceforge.net/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cutter/cutter/1.2.4/cutter-1.2.4.tar.gz"
  sha256 "b917a5b67b1d5f24458db5ab177dc11d23b47f04f9cb7eef757f456483c629c6"
--- a/Formula/dc3dd.rb
+++ b/Formula/dc3dd.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class Dc3dd < Formula
-  desc "A patched GNU dd that is intended for forensic acquisition of data"
+  desc "Patched GNU dd that is intended for forensic acquisition of data"
  homepage 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/dc3dd/'
  url 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dc3dd/dc3dd/7.1.0/dc3dd-7.1.614.tar.gz'
  sha1 '808abb6472861a88efd94fd22ffea7021007d769'
--- a/Formula/djvu2pdf.rb
+++ b/Formula/djvu2pdf.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class Djvu2pdf < Formula
-  desc "A small tool to convert Djvu files to PDF files"
+  desc "Small tool to convert Djvu files to PDF files"
  homepage 'http://0x2a.at/s/projects/djvu2pdf'
  url 'http://0x2a.at/site/projects/djvu2pdf/djvu2pdf-0.9.2.tar.gz'
  sha1 'eb34c8a6381673e531fbbd21619606e20fdb1d97'
--- a/Formula/ffms2.rb
+++ b/Formula/ffms2.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ffms2 < Formula
-  desc "A libav/ffmpeg based source library and Avisynth plugin"
+  desc "Libav/ffmpeg based source library and Avisynth plugin"
  homepage "https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2"
  url "https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2/archive/2.20.tar.gz"
  sha256 "c7d880172756c253f2c5673044dabf03c19890dcfe64da5104ee9f42a1a573a0"
--- a/Formula/ficy.rb
+++ b/Formula/ficy.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ficy < Formula
-  desc "An Icecast/Shoutcast stream grabber suite"
+  desc "Icecast/Shoutcast stream grabber suite"
  homepage "http://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/fIcy/"
  url "http://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/fIcy/releases/fIcy-1.0.19.tar.gz"
  sha256 "397df996fd63ce8608e62b195af61e88b0571aac01a51f1935dbf639c5424dcb"
--- a/Formula/folly.rb
+++ b/Formula/folly.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Folly < Formula
-  desc "A collection of reusable C++ library artifacts developed at Facebook"
+  desc "Collection of reusable C++ library artifacts developed at Facebook"
  homepage "https://github.com/facebook/folly"
  url "https://github.com/facebook/folly/archive/v0.48.0.tar.gz"
  sha256 "e0b6b3cd143b5d581e8cef470aea1b6f8aeaa4e7431522058872e245cac5c144"
--- a/Formula/gimme.rb
+++ b/Formula/gimme.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Gimme < Formula
-  desc "A shell script to install any Go version"
+  desc "Shell script to install any Go version"
  homepage "https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme"
  url "https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme/archive/v0.2.4.tar.gz"
  sha256 "feb9c25d96cc6a4e735200a180070ec3458fea7d1795439abf8acad45edfc194"
--- a/Formula/gost.rb
+++ b/Formula/gost.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "language/go"

 class Gost < Formula
-  desc "A simple command-line utility for easily creating Gists for Github."
+  desc "Simple command-line utility for easily creating Gists for Github."
  homepage "https://github.com/wilhelm-murdoch/gost"
  url "https://github.com/wilhelm-murdoch/gost/archive/1.1.1.tar.gz"
  sha256 "6e932ad58c9147a6d08528f16d5e496441e577a6175ddca10fbaffcd077a080a"
--- a/Formula/hayai.rb
+++ b/Formula/hayai.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Hayai < Formula
-  desc "A C++ benchmarking framework inspired by the googletest framework"
+  desc "C++ benchmarking framework inspired by the googletest framework"
  homepage "http://nickbruun.dk/2012/02/07/easy-cpp-benchmarking"
  url "https://github.com/nickbruun/hayai/archive/v1.0.1.tar.gz"
  sha256 "40798cb3a7b5fcd4e0be65f9358dad4efeef7c4ebe8319327d99a2b8e5dcea4c"
--- a/Formula/httpie.rb
+++ b/Formula/httpie.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Httpie < Formula
-  desc "A user-friendly cURL replacement (command-line HTTP client)"
+  desc "User-friendly cURL replacement (command-line HTTP client)"
  homepage "https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie"
  url "https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/archive/0.9.2.tar.gz"
  sha1 "39e9aab7f6f27973098c22c81fe5b9e7a5866a8b"
--- a/Formula/ice.rb
+++ b/Formula/ice.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ice < Formula
-  desc "A comprehensive RPC framework"
+  desc "Comprehensive RPC framework"
  homepage "https://zeroc.com"
  url "https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice/archive/v3.6.0.tar.gz"
  sha256 "77933580cdc7fade0ebfce517935819e9eef5fc6b9e3f4143b07404daf54e25e"
--- a/Formula/internetarchive.rb
+++ b/Formula/internetarchive.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "utils/json"

 class Internetarchive < Formula
-  desc "A Python wrapper for the various Internet Archive APIs"
+  desc "Python wrapper for the various Internet Archive APIs"
  homepage "https://github.com/jjjake/ia-wrapper"
  url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/internetarchive/internetarchive-0.7.9.tar.gz"
  sha1 "f52fd6cdece11da62bb8b32664da9271be3eaa91"
--- a/Formula/jsdoc3.rb
+++ b/Formula/jsdoc3.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Jsdoc3 < Formula
-  desc "An inline API documentation processor for JavaScript"
+  desc "Inline API documentation processor for JavaScript"
  homepage "http://usejsdoc.org/"
  head "https://github.com/jsdoc3/jsdoc.git"
  url "https://github.com/jsdoc3/jsdoc/archive/v3.2.2.tar.gz"
--- a/Formula/json-fortran.rb
+++ b/Formula/json-fortran.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class JsonFortran < Formula
-  desc "A Fortran 2008 JSON API"
+  desc "Fortran 2008 JSON API"
  homepage "https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran"
  url "https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran/archive/4.1.1.tar.gz"
  sha256 "97f258d28536035ef70e9ead5c7053e654106760a12db2cc652587ed61b76124"
--- a/Formula/libebur128.rb
+++ b/Formula/libebur128.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class Libebur128 < Formula
-  desc "A library implementing the EBU R128 loudness standard"
+  desc "Library implementing the EBU R128 loudness standard"
  homepage "https://github.com/jiixyj/libebur128"
  url "https://github.com/jiixyj/libebur128/archive/v1.0.2.tar.gz"
  sha1 "b1e2949e6598053edb8aeaf71614a26efcb38bd0"
--- a/Formula/libffi.rb
+++ b/Formula/libffi.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Libffi < Formula
-  desc "A portable Foreign Function Interface library"
+  desc "Portable Foreign Function Interface library"
  homepage "https://sourceware.org/libffi/"
  url "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz"
  mirror "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz"
--- a/Formula/libpeas.rb
+++ b/Formula/libpeas.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Libpeas < Formula
-  desc "A GObject plugin library"
+  desc "GObject plugin library"
  homepage "https://developer.gnome.org/libpeas/stable/"
  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libpeas/1.14/libpeas-1.14.0.tar.xz"
  sha256 "5e4b3a8968b71497ab26a7a528c414c4c640c5724328fa3507854f04788e2d76"
--- a/Formula/macvim.rb
+++ b/Formula/macvim.rb
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Reference: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/wiki/building
 class Macvim < Formula
-  desc "A GUI for vim, made for OS X"
+  desc "GUI for vim, made for OS X"
  homepage 'https://code.google.com/p/macvim/'
  url 'https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/archive/snapshot-77.tar.gz'
  version '7.4-77'
--- a/Formula/maven-shell.rb
+++ b/Formula/maven-shell.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class MavenShell < Formula
-  desc "A shell for Maven"
+  desc "Shell for Maven"
  homepage 'http://shell.sonatype.org/'
  url 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/sonatype/maven/shell/dist/mvnsh-assembly/1.1.0/mvnsh-assembly-1.1.0-bin.tar.gz'
  sha1 '0aa91e810be695952f56e7369c00d9e4bf1a3ead'
--- a/Formula/mawk.rb
+++ b/Formula/mawk.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class Mawk < Formula
-  desc "An interpreter for the AWK Programming Language"
+  desc "Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language"
  homepage "http://invisible-island.net/mawk/"
  url "ftp://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk-1.3.4-20141027.tgz"
  sha1 "a0a54bde0c76a351fa073a6fa10ce912a1260144"
--- a/Formula/mcpp.rb
+++ b/Formula/mcpp.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class Mcpp < Formula
-  desc "An alternative C/C++ preprocessor"
+  desc "Alternative C/C++ preprocessor"
  homepage 'http://mcpp.sourceforge.net/'
  url 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcpp/mcpp/V.2.7.2/mcpp-2.7.2.tar.gz'
  sha1 '703356b7c2cd30d7fb6000625bf3ccc2eb977ecb'
--- a/Formula/newlisp.rb
+++ b/Formula/newlisp.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class Newlisp < Formula
-  desc "A Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language"
+  desc "Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language"
  homepage "http://www.newlisp.org/"
  url "http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp-10.6.2.tgz"
  sha1 "8ea722f2ed415548a0904ef15bafd259d8b07e01"
--- a/Formula/nu.rb
+++ b/Formula/nu.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Nu < Formula
-  desc "An object-oriented, Lisp-like programming language"
+  desc "Object-oriented, Lisp-like programming language"
  homepage 'http://programming.nu'
  url 'https://github.com/timburks/nu/archive/v2.1.1.tar.gz'
  sha1 'ca0f9bbd5bbdb8528be516325f274d07d4be54bf'
--- a/Formula/ooniprobe.rb
+++ b/Formula/ooniprobe.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Ooniprobe < Formula
-  desc "A network interference detection tool"
+  desc "Network interference detection tool"
  homepage "https://ooni.torproject.org/"
  url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/o/ooniprobe/ooniprobe-1.3.0.tar.gz"
  sha256 "ff9c7974937d3d3d5f03fe04d561c5ef31cd4757c4112641fc88308f80cc16a7"
--- a/Formula/open-babel.rb
+++ b/Formula/open-babel.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class OpenBabel < Formula
-  desc "A chemical toolbox"
+  desc "Chemical toolbox"
  homepage 'http://www.openbabel.org'

  stable do
--- a/Formula/pcap_dnsproxy.rb
+++ b/Formula/pcap_dnsproxy.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class PcapDnsproxy < Formula
-  desc "A powerful DNS proxy designed to anti DNS spoofing"
+  desc "Powerful DNS proxy designed to anti DNS spoofing"
  homepage "https://github.com/chengr28/Pcap_DNSProxy"
  url "https://github.com/chengr28/Pcap_DNSProxy/archive/v0.4.3.tar.gz"
  sha256 "6db76bbd51a54c77db45a525771b907fc1c29cf793989222e51a347be6506132"
--- a/Formula/peg-markdown.rb
+++ b/Formula/peg-markdown.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class PegMarkdown < Formula
-  desc "A Markdown implementation based on a PEG grammar"
+  desc "Markdown implementation based on a PEG grammar"
  homepage "https://github.com/jgm/peg-markdown"
  url "https://github.com/jgm/peg-markdown/archive/0.4.14.tar.gz"
  sha256 "111bc56058cfed11890af11bec7419e2f7ccec6b399bf05f8c55dae0a1712980"
--- a/Formula/prettyping.rb
+++ b/Formula/prettyping.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Prettyping < Formula
-  desc "A wrapper to colorize and simplify ping's output"
+  desc "Wrapper to colorize and simplify ping's output"
  homepage "https://denilsonsa.github.io/prettyping/"
  url "https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping/archive/v1.0.0.tar.gz"
  sha256 "02a4144ff2ab7d3e2c7915041225270e96b04ee97777be905d1146e76084805d"
--- a/Formula/procyon-decompiler.rb
+++ b/Formula/procyon-decompiler.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class ProcyonDecompiler < Formula
-  desc "A modern decompiler for Java 5 and beyond."
+  desc "Modern decompiler for Java 5 and beyond."
  homepage "https://bitbucket.org/mstrobel/procyon/wiki/Java%20Decompiler"
  url "https://bitbucket.org/mstrobel/procyon/downloads/procyon-decompiler-0.5.29.jar"
  sha256 "51574860851c3ff13b5c3ca455d862f2868c32ba3ab786069b4312ffd6c6b2a8"
--- a/Formula/protobuf-swift.rb
+++ b/Formula/protobuf-swift.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class ProtobufSwift < Formula
-  desc "An implementation of Protocol Buffers in Swift."
+  desc "Implementation of Protocol Buffers in Swift."
  homepage "https://github.com/alexeyxo/protobuf-swift"
  url "https://github.com/alexeyxo/protobuf-swift/archive/2.0.tar.gz"
  sha256 "88e45f8850923cf33cba82ef1bf15dda345b65ad803a1f273efcd1b7f24f8041"
--- a/Formula/ragel.rb
+++ b/Formula/ragel.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "formula"

 class Ragel < Formula
-  desc "A state machine compiler"
+  desc "State machine compiler"
  homepage "http://www.colm.net/ragel/"
  url "http://www.colm.net/files/ragel/ragel-6.9.tar.gz"
  sha1 "70a7fe77aee8423be610fa14c3fa1f96b3119e1d"
--- a/Formula/sedna.rb
+++ b/Formula/sedna.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class Sedna < Formula
-  desc "An XML database"
+  desc "XML database"
  homepage 'http://www.sedna.org/index.html'
  url 'http://www.modis.ispras.ru/FTPContent/sedna/current/sedna-3.5.161-src-darwin.tar.gz'
  sha1 '8a30104b5c2027c6915bd9cfa44d72ef24b025ce'
--- a/Formula/sfk.rb
+++ b/Formula/sfk.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Sfk < Formula
-  desc "A Command Line Tools Collection"
+  desc "Command Line Tools Collection"
  homepage "http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/swissfileknife/1-swissfileknife/1.7.5/sfk-1.7.5.tar.gz"
  sha256 "f15b4bd974285138d857500ddf4563d8e77146ece967867944f09edb15e745c7"
--- a/Formula/softhsm.rb
+++ b/Formula/softhsm.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Softhsm < Formula
-  desc "A cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS#11 interface"
+  desc "Cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS#11 interface"
  homepage "https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/"
  url "https://dist.opendnssec.org/source/softhsm-1.3.7.tar.gz"
  sha256 "d12d6456a85561266d9da427565f3ee3746a35df6670d5e6be75de253c2810a4"
--- a/Formula/tbb.rb
+++ b/Formula/tbb.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Tbb < Formula
-  desc "A rich and complete approach to parallelism in C++"
+  desc "Rich and complete approach to parallelism in C++"
  homepage "https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/"
  url "https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/sites/default/files/software_releases/source/tbb43_20150611oss_src.tgz"
  sha1 "5457cd15ad13625442283e67844199a79e88a3a4"
--- a/Formula/texmath.rb
+++ b/Formula/texmath.rb
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require "language/haskell"
 class Texmath < Formula
  include Language::Haskell::Cabal

-  desc "A Haskell library for converting LaTeX math to MathML"
+  desc "Haskell library for converting LaTeX math to MathML"
  homepage "http://johnmacfarlane.net/texmath.html"
  url "https://hackage.haskell.org/package/texmath-0.8.0.2/texmath-0.8.0.2.tar.gz"
  sha256 "47b9c3fdceed63c5d63987db7e511a38ea8ddf8591786ef56efea734a3c31f86"
--- a/Formula/vstr.rb
+++ b/Formula/vstr.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Vstr < Formula
-  desc "A C string library"
+  desc "C string library"
  homepage "http://www.and.org/vstr/"
  url "http://www.and.org/vstr/1.0.15/vstr-1.0.15.tar.bz2"
  sha256 "d33bcdd48504ddd21c0d53e4c2ac187ff6f0190d04305e5fe32f685cee6db640"
--- a/Formula/xml-coreutils.rb
+++ b/Formula/xml-coreutils.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class XmlCoreutils < Formula
-  desc "A powerful interactive system for text processing"
+  desc "Powerful interactive system for text processing"
  homepage "http://www.lbreyer.com/xml-coreutils.html"
  url "http://www.lbreyer.com/gpl/xml-coreutils-0.8.1.tar.gz"
  sha1 "fd73b2a087ea1c630571070b1ab4ea3b40138a46"
--- a/Formula/zsh-history-substring-search.rb
+++ b/Formula/zsh-history-substring-search.rb
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'formula'

 class ZshHistorySubstringSearch < Formula
-  desc "A zsh port of Fish shell's history search"
+  desc "Zsh port of Fish shell's history search"
  homepage 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search'
  url 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search/archive/v1.0.0.tar.gz'
  sha1 'c64cab22664fc62479ccf687ba55410177a3f5d6'
--- a/Formula/zsh.rb
+++ b/Formula/zsh.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Zsh < Formula
-  desc "A UNIX shell (command interpreter)"
+  desc "UNIX shell (command interpreter)"
  homepage "http://www.zsh.org/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zsh/zsh/5.0.8/zsh-5.0.8.tar.bz2"
  mirror "http://www.zsh.org/pub/zsh-5.0.8.tar.bz2"
--- a/Formula/zzuf.rb
+++ b/Formula/zzuf.rb
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Zzuf < Formula
-  desc "A transparent application input fuzzer"
+  desc "Transparent application input fuzzer"
  homepage "http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/zzuf"
  url "http://caca.zoy.org/files/zzuf/zzuf-0.13.tar.gz"
  sha1 "19f904d63d045194885639c381a607ca86a319b5"